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Subject: Re: Repost: [BUG] PR#1031: ErrorDocument with type-maps 
In-reply-to: Lars.Eilebrecht's message of Wed, 27 Aug 1997 21:20:34 +0200.
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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 15:55:19 -0500
From: Randy Terbush <randy@zyzzyva.com>
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I don't think that type maps are supposed to be referenced 
directly. The .var mirrors another set of files similarly named
giving clues on preferences for the avaliable file types.


> Hi,
> 
> after checking the stuff from PR#1031 it seems that something like
> 
>   ErrorDocument 404 /errors/foo.var
> 
> really does not work (with foo.var being a type-map).
> 
> It results in the famous ``Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was
> encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.''
> message.
> 
> Using a MultiViews search with '/errors/foo' works... I'm using it myself.
> 
> I've taken a quick look at the ErrorDocument stuff in http_request.c, but
> can't see anything special.
> The only thing that I noticed is that mod_negotiation issues an
> internal_redirect() when a type-map file is used, but not when a 
> MultiViews search is used.
> 
> Any ideas why ErrorDocuments to .var files are broken?
> 
> 
> ciao...
> --
> Lars Eilebrecht                     - "Turn off your mind, relax and float
> sfx@unix-ag.org                           - down stream." (J. Lennon)
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